The oxytocin receptor gene ( OXTR) in relation to state levels of loneliness in adolescence: Evidence for micro-level gene-environment interactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Van Roekel, Eeske ^a   Verhagen, Maaike ^a   Scholte, Ron H J ^a   Kleinjan, Marloes ^a   Goossens, Luc ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; OXTR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84892428022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077689     Document Type: Article

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